configuring Media Center for the best audio quality
That are sentences I love to read.
WASAPI indeed yields a better sound quality at the expense of comfort.
Recently I had a track that failed to play in WASAPI, it was in mono.
I don't like programs to do all kind of under water activities.
I like to know what is going on.
A dialog like this appeals to me
It allows you to test and to exclude certain options.
In case of USB-audio this can be refined as the enumeration allows the app to fill in all possible options.
In case of SPDIF this is not possible.
I think MC should play all audio at its native sample rate.
If this fails, I prefer a dialog.
It should tell me the reason why it can't be played
It should offer the options
-to convert
-to stop
-to remember my choice
This solves the 'control' issue
Maybe a profile might help e.g.
Benchmark DAC 1 - SPDIF
Benchmark DAC 1 - USB
Allowing you to switch rapidly between configurations and/or audio endpoints.
Documentation.
I'm afraid indeed people don't read the Wiki and keeping it up to date is probably not the highest priority at JR.
In MC15 there are couple of dialogs already presenting a help text/explanation as a integral part of the dialog.
You might consider to expand this.
I prefer a collapsible help text as the dialogs become sometimes pretty big.